I seem to be hung up on this thread but its a kind of therapy right now so bear with me.....LOL.

There is already an abundance of worthless and unneeded information on this thread (do you really care that the engines were both Mikados or that the Pennsy used Belpaire fireboxes?......yeah, I thought not!) but I guess there's always room for more so...............

In looking for pictures I ran across an interesting tidbit of info. First, here's a small picture of the C&O 1252 wreck. It notes that Head End Brakeman Hardy Lyle was killed in the wreck but Long Steel Rail says he was the Engineer. Personally, although I know LSR is a fine work, I'll go with the Chessie Historical Society. ALSO---and even more intersting is that the Fireman of 1256, Sidney Dillard, was now Engineer Sidney Dillard in 1951 when THIS wreck occurred 12 miles away. Here is another picture of yet another Mikado, this one upside down. If Mr. Dillard survived the second wreck, I think I would have suggested retirement(;<))

I'll try to add more worthless drivel at another time.

Spaw